Looking at the night-sky

“When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos (1980)

Aurora over Norway. Credit: Tommy Eliassen. Astrophotographer Tommy Eliassen took this image of an aurora over Hemnesberget, Norway on April 6th, 2013. Comet pan-STARRS and andromeda are also visible in the image.

The amazing website Space.com monthly publishes photos of the sky sent by its readers. You can check more photos of this series here.